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28 Ahaz was twenty-five when he became king, and he reigned from Yerushalem (Jerusalem) for sixteen years, but he didn’t do what Yahweh wanted, like his ancestor David had. 2 Instead, he followed the example of Yisrael’s (Israel’s) kings, including casting metal idols for the Ba’al. 3 He offered incense in the Ben-Hinom valley and he burnt his children with fire,[fn] following the detestable customs of the nations that Yahweh had driven away as the Israelis had entered the region, 4 plus he offered sacrifices and burnt incense at the hilltop shrines, and on the hills, and under every large, green tree.
28:3 Probably, but not definitely, referring to the practice of child sacrifice.
5 So his god Yahweh allowed King Ahaz to be defeated by Aram’s (Syria’s) king—they attacked and took many prisoners back to Damesek (Damascus). In addition, Yahweh allowed Yisrael’s (Israel’s) king to be victorious, and they slaughtered many fighters.[ref] 6 Yisrael’s King Pekah (Remalyah’s son) killed 120,000 powerful warriors in Yehudah (Judah) in one day, after they’d abandoned their ancestors’ god. 7 A warrior from Efrayim (Ephraim) named Zikri killed King Ahaz’s son Ma’aseyah, Azrikam the palace supervisor, and Elkanah the king’s second-in-command. 8 Yisrael’s soldiers captured two-hundred thousand of their relatives, including their wives and children. They also took a lot of plunder back to Shomron (Samaria) with them.
The prophet Oded
9 Now there was a prophet of Yahweh named Oded, and he went out to Yisrael’s (Israel’s) army as it was returning to Shomron (Samaria), and told them, “Listen, your ancestors’ god, Yahweh, was angry with Yehudah (Judah), so he helped you defeat them. However, you people killed them in rage, and God has taken notice. 10 Now you want to keep the people of Yerushalem (Jerusalem) and Yehudah as your own male and female slaves, but that would certainly make you people guilty in your god Yahweh’s view. 11 So then, listen to me and return those captives, because they’re your own relatives, and Yahweh is extremely angry at you people.”
12 Then some of the leaders of Yisrael (Israel; Heb. Efrayim) took action and confronted those returning from battle: Azaryah (Yehohanan’s son), Berekyah (Meshilemot’s son), Yehizkiyah (Shalum’s son), and Amasa (Hadlay’s son) 13 told the ones returning, “Don’t bring those captives here, because that would be disobedience, and add to the rest of our disobedience and wrongdoing, because Yahweh’s already angry at us here in Yisrael.” 14 So the returning soldiers released the captives in front of the leaders and all the assembled people, and dropped all the plunder there as well. 15 Then some men from Yisrael were called out by name to come and search the plunder to find clothes and dress the naked captives from Yehudah and give them sandals. Then they gave them food and drink, as well as oil to rub on their wounds. They gave donkeys to those who couldn’t easily walk, and took them to Yeriho (Jericho) (Yeriho, the Palm City) which was nearer their relatives, then those men returned to Shomron.
16 Around that time, King Ahaz requested help from the Assyrian kings, 17 because the Edomim had been and attacked Yehudah and taken captives. 18 Also the Pelishtim had raided the lowland cities and the Negev, and they’d captured Beyt-Shemesh (Heliopolis), Ayalon, and Gederot, as well as Sokoh, Timnah, and Gimzo with their surrounding villages, 19 because Yahweh was humbling Yehudah because King Ahaz had thrown off restraint there and been very unfaithful to Yahweh. 20 So the Assyrian King Tiglat-Pileser came, but he ended up adding to his troubles rather than helping. 21 Ahaz gave the Assyrian king valuables from the temple and the palace and from other leaders, but that didn’t help.
22 While King Ahaz was experiencing those troubles, he disobeyed Yahweh even more 23 and sacrificed to the gods of Damesek (Damascus) (because Aram (Syria) had defeated him). He reasoned, “Since the gods of the Aramean kings helped them, I’ll sacrifice to them, and then they’ll help me.” However, that led to Ahaz’s fall, and to the fall of all of Yehudah (Judah).[fn] 24 Then Ahaz gathered all the furnishings that were used in the temple, and broke them into pieces and locked the temple doors. Then he set up pagan altars at every Yerushalem (Jerusalem) intersection, 25 and in every Yehudah city he set up hilltop shrines to make sacrifices to other gods, thus angering Yahweh, his ancestors’ god.
26 The record of all the other things Ahaz did while he was king was written on the scroll ‘The kings of Yehudah and Yisrael’ (Israel). 27 Then Ahaz died[ref] and was buried in ‘The City of David’, but not in the tombs of the other kings of Yisrael. Then his son Hizkiyah (Hezekiah) replaced him as king.
28:23 Sometimes in 2 Chronicles, Yehudah is referred to as Yisrael, but as that can be confusing for readers, we’ve made adjustments.
OET 2 CHR Intro C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8 C9 C10 C11 C12 C13 C14 C15 C16 C17 C18 C19 C20 C21 C22 C23 C24 C25 C26 C27 C29 C30 C31 C32 C33 C34 C35 C36